Evaluation of Xpert MTB/RIF testing for rapid diagnosis of childhood pulmonary tuberculosis in children by Xpert MTB/RIF testing of stool samples in a low resource setting

OBJECTIVE: Children with tuberculosis (TB) remain underdiagnosed due to difficulty in testing for Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) infection. We evaluated the Xpert MTB/RIF assay for respiratory and stool testing in children for pulmonary TB through a cross-sectional study at tertiary care facilitie...

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Autores principales: Hasan, Zahra, Shakoor, Sadia, Arif, Fehmina, Mehnaz, Aisha, Akber, Alnoor, Haider, Marium, Kanji, Akbar, Hasan, Rumina
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2017
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Research Note
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5591572/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28886729
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13104-017-2806-3

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5591572/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28886729
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13104-017-2806-3

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